Reviews
My Life Cycles (Los ciclos de la vida) - School Library Journal
“Beautifully expressive illustrations display the life cycles of featured organisms from seed or birth into adulthood and continuing life. Each title works to bridge emerging readers through a mix of picture book art styles and richer sentence structures found in early chapter… View →
SLJ Review of Abdo Kids Jokes
Some puns are cute and some are absolute groaners, but all the jokes in these books rely on everyday language and homonyms rather than Amelia Bedelia-style literal interpretations of figures of speech. Jokes make our brains work in order to reconcile competing meanings, pronunciations,… View →
SLJ Review of Spot the Differences
Engaging animal comparisons are presented in a question-and-answer format. Text provides simple facts about the two animals. Readers examine the accompanying photograph, then try to identify it based on the words and image: “A frog has webbed feet. A toad does not. Which is this?” ( Frog View →
Too Cute! - Booklist
Libraries will have no trouble circulating the Too Cute! series, which gives beginning readers a glimpse of baby animals, their activities, and key stages of growth. Written at a kindergarten level with plenty of repetition, these books feature one to two short sentences per double page… View →
SLJ Review of You Choose: Disasters in History
These interactive history adventures offer readers three different characters to follow through the disaster, making over a dozen choices to try and survive. Each character is based on actual records of survivors and victims of the original event, and those individuals are identified in… View →
SLJ Review of History Maker Biographies Set 5 (Biografías: personas que han hecho historia 5)
Famous contemporary people are presented in these brief, introductory volumes. Amanda Gorman is a Harvard graduate and poet who read at President Biden’s inauguration, Anthony Fauci is a doctor who leads the White House Coronavirus Task Force, Jill Biden is a working first lady, John… View →
Booklist Review of History Maker Biographies Set 5 (Biografías: personas que han hecho historia 5)
The latest set in the History Makers Biographies series (6 new titles) adds an outstanding group of individuals to the fold, many of whom youngsters will recognize from TV and the news. Geared toward a primary-school audience, these simple introductions outline each person’s childhood,… View →
The Black American Journey - Booklist
The Black American Journey is the latest generation of the publisher’s Journey to Freedom: The African American Library series (circa 2000) and The African American Journey series (a decade later). Some of the recent books are entirely new, while others are revised editions. The… View →
Seasons: Fall Fun! (Las estaciones: ¡Llega el otoño!) - School Library Journal
Full-page photographs are the focus of this simple seasonal series. Each spread features one to two short sentences and an accompanying photograph. Fall Animals spotlights animals preparing for winter; all other titles depict children going on adventures, eating food, celebrating… View →
Ballpark Greats: Pro Baseball's Best Players - School Library Journal
Gr 7 Up –Readers who have been enduring football season just to make it to baseball spring training will be happy to find this on the shelves. Each player is given the full biographical treatment, including “The Greatest Career Moments,” which are accompanied by QR codes linking to… View →
Hardwood Greats: Pro Basketball’s Best Players - School Library Journal
Gr 7 Up –These biographies of the NBA’s biggest current stars will give report writers much to appreciate. Each book outlines its player’s upbringing, early career, draft selection into professional basketball, and greatest career moments thus far. To illustrate their superiority over… View →